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| People in buggies and bikes were down at the ship canal on Friday to watch the boats come under the bridge. Commercial shipping had the bridge back while the 3 tall ships were at the DECC. The Buffalo came in late in the afternoon (above) to pick up a load of coal for Silver Bay. There are 3 salt water ships in port to start the new month off. The Daniella is discharging equipment for oil sands projects in Alberta, the BBC Maine is here waiting to discharge wind turbine pieces and the Marneborg is here, or departed early this morning, with beet pulp pellets. Photo taken on August 01,2008 |
| *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-02-2008 |
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| The American Integrity should be here for its 11th trip of the season. As today, it has loaded coal at Midwest Energy Resources in Superior on each trip, taking it most of the time to Detroit Edison, as it will do again today. The round trip to Detroit usually takes about a week. Above, it is departing under the Lift Bridge last Thursday for Detroit so today, a week later, marks a usual turn around for the boat. It will again load coal today for Detroit Edison. The boat has also made a couple trips to Silver Bay with coal. Photo taken on May 17, 2007. |
| *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 05-24-2007 |
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| After stopping at Oshawa, near Toronto, to discharge cargo, the Goldeneye is expected here today to load bentonite for Poland. It came into port last June, above, to load spring wheat for Venezuela. The Greek-owned Goldeneye is under charter to a Canadian company, Canadian Forest Navigation. Built in 1986, the ship has also sailed under the names Sun Queen and Luna Verde. This is the 8th trip here for the Goldeneye since 1995. |
| *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 12-11-2006 |
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| The Alpena is here for the 13th time this season, bringing cement in on each occasion. It was originally the Leon Fraser when it was built in 1942 for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. It was modified for salt water duty for a time, sat idle during the 80′s and was shortened by 120 feet in the late 80′s and turned into a cement carrier. That happened at Fraser Shipyards in Superior. Inland Lakes bought the Leon Fraser in 1990, renamed it and put it in the cement trade in June, 1991. It is a very pretty boat and it often attracts a crowd, as above when it came into port last August 21st. |
| *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 12-02-2006 |
